[Verse 1] We built the cities side by side Stone on stone and hand in hand A thousand dreams, a common light A promise born across the land But every crown begins as dust Every banner starts to fade When one man wants a little more Than all the others ever made [Pre-Chorus] It starts so small A spark unseen A single shadow Inside the dream [Chorus] Roots of evil Under every throne pure to lethal Growing in the bone We rise together Then tear it all apart Roots of evil Living in the heart [Verse 2] The strongest walls will always crack The highest towers always fall Not from enemies outside But from the hunger after all To rule, to own, to stand above To watch another person kneel History keeps changing names But never changes what is real [Pre-Chorus] It starts so small A spark unseen A single shadow Inside the dream [Chorus] Roots of evil Under every throne Roots of evil Growing in the bone We rise together Then tear it all apart Roots of evil Living in the heart [Bridge] Every empire Every king Every promise Everything Turns to ashes Turns to dust When power grows Where there should be trust [Final Chorus] Roots of evil Under every throne pure to lethal Growing in the bone We rise together Then tear it all apart Roots of evil Living in the heart Roots of evil Deep beneath the ground in the people Still coming around Roots of evil Under every throne pure to lethal Living in the heart
